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19 februari 2010
Gentry
Gentry:
Since graduating from Central St Martins in 2006, the focus has been to explore how technological advancement is affecting society. Throughout history, information has always been recorded on physical objects. Important documents, favourite songs, videos and more were stored on mountains of tapes, polaroids, cassettes and disks. As media is rapidly absorbed into the World Wide Web the rich variety of formats of the past are becoming obsolete.
This represents a big shift away from physical, real world objects, driving towards a human existence that is ultimately governed by billions of intangible data files. This release of information from the physical form allows personal data and identities to now be revealed and infinitely shared online. At the same time many of us consider individuality and privacy to be more precious than ever. Will humans be forever compatible with our own technology?
Each floppy disk used in the paintings has a history and story of its own. It represents the increasing pace of the modern life cycle, where objects are created, used and disposed of quicker than ever. To challenge this notion, as these personal artefacts of life are cast aside, the obsolete are now given new life and a renewed purpose by using them as a medium for art.
toth (спасибо): LIVETRACE-БЛОГ
Brief van Robbeneiland
Via LitNet, die boekehuis met baie wonings.
Brief van Robbeneiland oor 'Verseboek' (Volksblad)
18 februari 2010
iPhone-apps: AudioVisual Mixer for Into Infinity
Een app waarvan je eigenlijk pas goed doorhebt wat hij doet als je hem installeert en bekijkt (bekijkt en beluistert in dit geval). Een poging tot uitleg: je mixt geluiden door een logo van een geluidsfragment in de baan rond het oneindigheidssymbool te slepen. Hoe dichter bij het centrum, hoe prominenter het geluid. Je kunt meerdere instanties van hetzelfde geluid mixen en andere geluiden (of ritmes) toevoegen. Zo maak je je eigen mixen en ben je weer even zoet als je in de trein zit of zo.
Meer info hier.
AudioVisual Mixer for Into Infinity (gratis)
Fuck Yeah, Ralph Waldo Emerson
Fuck Yeah, Ralph Waldo Emerson
Everything Emersonian!
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How often must we learn this lesson? Men cease to interest us when we find their limitations. The only sin is limitation. As soon as you once come up with a man’s limitations, it is all over with him. Has he talents? Has he enterprise? Has he knowledge? It boots not. Infinitely alluring and attractive was he to you yesterday, a great hope, a sea to swim in; now, you have found his shores, found it a pond, and you care not if you never see it again.
Everything Emersonian!
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How often must we learn this lesson? Men cease to interest us when we find their limitations. The only sin is limitation. As soon as you once come up with a man’s limitations, it is all over with him. Has he talents? Has he enterprise? Has he knowledge? It boots not. Infinitely alluring and attractive was he to you yesterday, a great hope, a sea to swim in; now, you have found his shores, found it a pond, and you care not if you never see it again.
17 februari 2010
Mommy, Why is There a Server in the House?
Geen grap: het boek met de onheilspellende titel bestaat echt en is te koop via bijv. Amazon. Lees verder onder het plaatje.
Een van de reviews op Amazon:
Only a collector of Microsoft memorabilia would want to buy this book. If this sells, it will signal to advertisers worldwide that if they disguise their sales literature cleverly enough, rubes will buy it.
That said, this book is part of a very clever $10 million ad campaign for the Windows Home Server made by HP. The book, by a fictitious psychologist, can be read in its entirely at stayathomeserver.com. The site uses fake news clips and the book to promote the idea that servers aren't just office equipment, but make sense in a home that features multiple computers, Xboxes, and other networked technology.
Een van de reviews op Amazon:
Only a collector of Microsoft memorabilia would want to buy this book. If this sells, it will signal to advertisers worldwide that if they disguise their sales literature cleverly enough, rubes will buy it.
That said, this book is part of a very clever $10 million ad campaign for the Windows Home Server made by HP. The book, by a fictitious psychologist, can be read in its entirely at stayathomeserver.com. The site uses fake news clips and the book to promote the idea that servers aren't just office equipment, but make sense in a home that features multiple computers, Xboxes, and other networked technology.
16 februari 2010
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